Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 11: Session 1917-19; Part III, Sections: Odontology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Pathology, Psychiatry, ... Notes on New Books; Index (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 11: Session 1917-19; Part III, Sections: Odontology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Notes on New Books; IndexThe foregoing data would together form the history Of each patient. Such histories in the mass would be Of the utmost use to any worker desirous of checking his results and drawing conclusions therefrom, and would form a mine of wealth for the independent investigator. What might we not learn from them as to what cases were suitable and what unsuitable for grafting, how soon a graft might be success fully undertaken, the best material for the graft, the best way of fixing it, whether or not to immobilize the jaw, and as to numbers of the details which experience alone can teach? Or of the treatment of wounds and scars, the relative value Of various antiseptics, of sunlight, violet rays, high frequency currents, ionization, massage, and cupping At present all these methods are in use, but we fail to benefit from them as we might because the results are not collated and made accessible.In the better equipped hospitals the machinery for carrying out such a system already exists, in others it does not, and I would ask anyone who has to do with the organization of a hospital or depart ment for the treatment of jaw injuries not to fail to demand it. Such systematized case-taking is worth while, and would save its cost over and over again, in that it tends to better results and quicker results, but it can only be carried out if the practitioner be provided with adequate assistance, directed to economize his own time. In a large department it might be done by a registrar specially detailed for the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.